San Diego, Sacramento or San Jose?

[mstnghu2]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

I don't think you've looked in the right places. Granted San Francisco has a lot more choices, but when it comes to restaurants, the areas you mentioned have a great selection. I've lived all over the United States and overseas...so it's not like I came from a small town with 10 restaurants and don't no any better. Yelp.com

Consider the source. Most of his other posts are negative. Silicon Valley is a dump? Hardly. Mostly boring, yes. If you think SV is a dump, you probably haven't been to too many places. Take a walk through the shanty towns in Bangkok or Mumbai and get back to me.
I agree with bmw335xi. Yelp can be your best friend. If you can't find any good restaurants, then you haven't really been looking.

[jeffredo]

Originally Posted by lukeache

We often complain about the job market here in Minneapolis but it is not really that bad compared to other cities. I would not want to move to a city that offers even less employment opportunities given the high cost of living in CA.

Stay put for now. As far as a business center goes Minneapolis/St. Paul are head and shoulders above any of the three California cities you listed and I'm almost sure the job market would be stronger (MN is 7%, California is 12%).

[californio sur]

For just overall appeal I would go with San Diego but all 3 cities have many positives. San Jose would be my second choice. Sacramento is fine but just seems less exciting than either San Jose and San Diego in my opinion.

[Chimérique]

What is cool about San Diego is that it has the most Nor-Cal feel to it than other parts of So-Cal. San Diego feels compact in its core with separate neighborhoods. San Diego does not feel like LA or OC, yet it is pure Southern Cal in terms of beach culture.

San Jose and Silicon Valley looks and feels like a little bit of So-Cal in the Bay Area.

Sacramento is a little bit of the mid-west in California with much better weather overall and easy access to mountains and coastal areas. Sac has the best housing prices.

[sjnative]

Originally Posted by wellyouknow

For all that is holy DO NOT go to live in San Jose. Or Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, ... The whole Silicon Valley is a dump as far as living goes. I can't even find a good restaurant around here and everything dies after 5pm socially. Which is weird because the median salary is way above 120K, so why no upscale food/social business moved in is a total mystery.

Yes.

I grew up in San Jose and have gone to community college, worked and hung out with friends in the Saratoga/Cuperitno/Sunnyvale area.

If you live in the Silicon Valley, do not live in San Jose. It does have its desirable pockets but many of them are bordered by poor and dirty areas, save for the Almaden Valley which is on the perimeter of the SV and therefore presents a longer commute time.

The more solidly middle class white collar culture of the western side of the SV manifests itself in the higher QOL in that region.

If you can afford to live in Palo Alto, do it.

[04kL4nD]

I'd pick San Diego over SJ and Sac, but I'd put SF/Oakland over any of those choices

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[the city]

San Diego

[krudmonk]

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